Lille im dritten Kriegsjahr

1. Intertitle: Arrival of the daily express to Lille from Berlin. Lille is only 8 km. away from the forwardmost English position. Image: Arrival of the train at the northern railway station; there are only soldiers in the train; entering the railway station concourse, life and activity in the railway station. 2. Intertitle: The railway station square. Image: pan along the outer grounds of Lille's northern railway station. 3. Intertitle: Panorama of Lille seen from the „Sacre Coeur“ church. Image: A soldier points out various locations in the view from the church tower, view of the city of Lille. 4. Intertitle: The destroyed railway station neighbourhood with the municipal theatre. Image: Long pan past ruined houses and other destroyed buildings; view of the municipal theatre. 5. Intertitle: Field greys visit the theatre. Image: Soldiers ascend the outside steps into the building; townspeople walk past in the square in front of it. 6. Intertitle: Cab stand at the theatre, a large number of civilian cabs with good horses are available for public transport. Image: In the frame, the cab stand, tram goes by; in the background the hotel „To the Field Greys“. 7. Intertitle: Main watch and editorial offices of the „Lille Paper“. Image: Building in frame, military guard. 8. Intertitle: The arrival of the guard. Image: Guard companies (with spiked helmet) march forward, accompanied by a military band; military band accompaniment; ceremony of changing of the guard in the square in front of the main watch; civilians look on; troops march off. 9. Intertitle: At the Sunday afternoon concert in the „Jardin Vauban“. Image: Soldiers, officers and civilians stroll through the park; playing children, families; a small group of soldiers lies by a small lake. 10. Intertitle: Market life in Lille. Image: A bustling marketplace; barrows with goods standing around; people rushing past; „Massena“ cafe by the street; market sellers stand with their wares in the marketplace. 11. Intertitle: In the stock exchange building there is a food distribution point of the „Comitès D'Alimentation du Nord de la France“ established exclusively for the poor citizens of Lille. Image: Facade of the building; people go in and out; lines of people standing in line under military guard (police). 12. Intertitle: Troops pass through. Image: German troops marching forward with miltary orchestra, marching through a street in Lille (with spiked helmets). 13. Intertitle: German military bookshop. Image: Bookshop advertising books, daily newspapers, periodicals and stationery; customers leave the building. 14. Intertitle: French civilians watch an English aeroplane. (Every week English aeroplanes drop bombs, the damage of which is felt almost exclusively by the civilian population). Image: Street life in Lille; a tram approaches on a commercial street; civilians and military personnel seen. 15. Intertitle: The daily official communiqué. Every evening at 6 p.m. this is posted in German and French at the Lille war newspaper building. Image: Crowds of civilians stand in front of a building bearing the inscription 'Reading room'. 16. Intertitle: A train taking those on leave back home departs. Image: Soldiers (with spiked helmet) and officers on the platform; military personnel look out the windows of the waiting train; boarding and departing from Lille; a railway official walks in the opposite direction to that in which the train is moving and gets into the last carriage.

Lille im dritten Kriegsjahr

1. Intertitle: Arrival of the daily express to Lille from Berlin. Lille is only 8 km. away from the forwardmost English position. Image: Arrival of the train at the northern railway station; there are only soldiers in the train; entering the railway station concourse, life and activity in the railway station. 2. Intertitle: The railway station square. Image: pan along the outer grounds of Lille's northern railway station. 3. Intertitle: Panorama of Lille seen from the „Sacre Coeur“ church. Image: A soldier points out various locations in the view from the church tower, view of the city of Lille. 4. Intertitle: The destroyed railway station neighbourhood with the municipal theatre. Image: Long pan past ruined houses and other destroyed buildings; view of the municipal theatre. 5. Intertitle: Field greys visit the theatre. Image: Soldiers ascend the outside steps into the building; townspeople walk past in the square in front of it. 6. Intertitle: Cab stand at the theatre, a large number of civilian cabs with good horses are available for public transport. Image: In the frame, the cab stand, tram goes by; in the background the hotel „To the Field Greys“. 7. Intertitle: Main watch and editorial offices of the „Lille Paper“. Image: Building in frame, military guard. 8. Intertitle: The arrival of the guard. Image: Guard companies (with spiked helmet) march forward, accompanied by a military band; military band accompaniment; ceremony of changing of the guard in the square in front of the main watch; civilians look on; troops march off. 9. Intertitle: At the Sunday afternoon concert in the „Jardin Vauban“. Image: Soldiers, officers and civilians stroll through the park; playing children, families; a small group of soldiers lies by a small lake. 10. Intertitle: Market life in Lille. Image: A bustling marketplace; barrows with goods standing around; people rushing past; „Massena“ cafe by the street; market sellers stand with their wares in the marketplace. 11. Intertitle: In the stock exchange building there is a food distribution point of the „Comitès D'Alimentation du Nord de la France“ established exclusively for the poor citizens of Lille. Image: Facade of the building; people go in and out; lines of people standing in line under military guard (police). 12. Intertitle: Troops pass through. Image: German troops marching forward with miltary orchestra, marching through a street in Lille (with spiked helmets). 13. Intertitle: German military bookshop. Image: Bookshop advertising books, daily newspapers, periodicals and stationery; customers leave the building. 14. Intertitle: French civilians watch an English aeroplane. (Every week English aeroplanes drop bombs, the damage of which is felt almost exclusively by the civilian population). Image: Street life in Lille; a tram approaches on a commercial street; civilians and military personnel seen. 15. Intertitle: The daily official communiqué. Every evening at 6 p.m. this is posted in German and French at the Lille war newspaper building. Image: Crowds of civilians stand in front of a building bearing the inscription 'Reading room'. 16. Intertitle: A train taking those on leave back home departs. Image: Soldiers (with spiked helmet) and officers on the platform; military personnel look out the windows of the waiting train; boarding and departing from Lille; a railway official walks in the opposite direction to that in which the train is moving and gets into the last carriage.